Mark Teixeira homered from both sides of the plate last night. It was the 12th time he has done that in his career, and that’s a record. The previous record was 11 — duh — and until Teixeira’s second homer, he shared it with Eddie Murray and Chili Davis.

Those homers likewise tie Teixeira with Ruben Sierra for sixth place on the all-time home run list for switch hitters, with 306.

Next up: Reggie Smith at 314. Once he gets there, the only ones ahead of him are Chili Davis, Chipper Jones, Eddie Murray and Mickey Mantle.

Surprised that Mantle didn’t hold the previous record. Was that down to lack of opportunity (starters pitching deeper into games in his day, so he often hit from the same side of the plate the whole game)?

deathmonkey41… lets hope we don’t see him for a while. I used to be big on Pena and Nunez (hands of stone) but both have trouble fielding ground balls. I think Nunez would be better in the outfield, but I’m not sure what they do with Pena. These two were supposed to be good fielders, but that’s not the case. At least Nunez has some pop in his bat.